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  • The British Museum: the reading room, with many readers. Engraving by H. Melville after T. H. Shepherd.
  • King George II as Prince of Wales. Engraving by G. Vertue after G. Kneller, 1724.
  • A Hindu princess committing suttee against the wishes of the Emperor Akbar but with his reluctant consent. Gouache.
  • A fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • A fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish, and a detail of a fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Three fish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1900 (?).
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Two fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Three fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Four fish, and a detail of a fish. Colour lithograph, 1884.
  • Three minstrels are playing their instruments as they walk among trees. Coloured engraving after H. Shaw, 1843.
  • The birth of Saint Edmund, he is being nursed by a midwife while his mother rests in bed and is aided by assistants, 1433. Aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • A woman in ragged clothing stands inside a stone niche holding a bowl; representing poverty. Coloured aquatint by H. Shaw, 1843.
  • An alchemical adept carrying the vase of Hermes, which is inscribed "Let us go to seek the nature of the four elements". Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king, dressed in red, representing the culmination of the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A peacock in a crowned alchemical flask; representing the stage in the alchemical process when the substance breaks out into many colours. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A queen dressed in blue, representing mercury, in a crowned alchemical flask. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • A three-headed eagle in a crowned alchemical flask, representing mercury sublimated three times. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child. Lithograph after Bernhardinus Milnet.